I am not sure how they get the figure 10,000 – but the report said something like 5000 were shot last year (!) and 20 requests a day suggests something like 7500 … that’s if we accept the statistics as quoted.

Your suggestion that shooting dogs rather than people reminds me of what one politician has commented … better to have the arguement in parliament than on the streets …

As for lady who got bitten … yes, she’s getting better – but slowly … and no, the dog hasn’t been put down … yet … she hasn’t written a complaint to the police even though she’s not the first person it has bitten, and it was a particularly nasty injury that it inflicted, (why not?: “it’s a neighbour’s dog” !!!) but the doctor is pretty angry about it and she thinks he might take some action. We’ll see.

Whilst the KR approach to strays appears tough I fully support the cull as they dont have pound or neutering facilities and the problem will inevitably get worse if unchecked. 10,000 is a huge number when you consider its about 7,500 annually in UK!

I prefer to protect innocent children and adults from attack than worry about ‘humanitarian’ solutions. There may be a benefit in the police shooting dogs as that may distract them from shooting people
Take care my friend and I hope the dear lady who was viciously attacked is getting better and that the dog involved was put down.